Mác 2
1 Khỏi một vài ngày, Ðức Chúa Jêsus trở lại thành Ca-bê-na-um, và chúng nghe nói Ngài ở trong nhà.
[Jesus and his disciples] returned to Capernaum [town]. A few days later, because it was {people} heard that Jesus was in [his] house,
2 Họ họp lại tại đó đông lắm, đến nỗi trước cửa cũng không còn chỗ trống; Ngài giảng đạo cho họ nghe.
many people gathered there. As a result, [after the people filled the house], there was no longer space to stand [in the house or outside] around the doorway. Jesus preached [God’s] message to them.
3 Bấy giờ có mấy kẻ đem tới cho Ngài một người đau bại, có bốn người khiêng.
Some people came to the house bringing to Jesus a man who was paralyzed. He was carried by four men {Four men carried [him]} [on a sleeping pad].
4 Nhưng, vì đông người, không lại gần Ngài được, nên dở mái nhà ngay chỗ Ngài ngồi, rồi do lỗ đó dòng giường người bại xuống.
They were not able to bring the man to Jesus because there was a crowd there. So they [went up the steps to the flat roof and] removed [some of] the tiles [above] where Jesus was. Then, after they made a [big] hole in the roof, they lowered [by ropes] the sleeping pad on which the paralyzed man lay. They lowered [it through the hole, down in front of Jesus].
5 Ðức Chúa Jêsus thấy đức tin họ, bèn phán với kẻ bại rằng: Hỡi con ta, tội lỗi ngươi đã được tha.
After Jesus perceived that the men believed [that he could heal this man], he said to the paralyzed man, “My friend, [I] forgive your sins!”
6 Vả, có mấy thầy thông giáo ngồi đó, nghĩ thầm rằng:
There were some men who taught [the Jewish] laws sitting there. They started thinking like this:
7 Sao người nầy nói như vậy? Người nói phạm thượng đó! Ngoài mình Ðức Chúa Trời, còn có ai tha tội được chăng?
“(Who does this man think he is, talking like that/This man shouldn’t talk like that!) [RHQ]? (He is insulting God!/Does he think he is God?) [RHQ] (No person can forgive sins!/Who can forgive sins?) [RHQ] Only God can forgive sins!”
8 Ðức Chúa Jêsus trong trí đã tự hiểu họ nghĩ như vậy, tức thì phán rằng: Sao các ngươi bàn luận trong lòng thể ấy?
Jesus sensed that they were deliberating like that within themselves. So he said to them, “(You should not question within yourselves [whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins]!/Why do you question [whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins]?) [RHQ]
9 Nay bảo kẻ bại rằng: Tội ngươi đã được tha; hay là bảo người rằng: Hãy đứng dậy vác giường mà đi; hai điều ấy điều nào dễ hơn?
It is [not risky] [RHQ] for someone to tell the man who is paralyzed, ‘Your sins are forgiven {[I] forgive your sins},’ [because no one can prove that it has happened]. But no one would say to him, ‘Get up, pick up your stretcher, and then walk away’, [unless he really had the power to heal him, because people can easily see whether it happens or not].
10 Vả, để cho các ngươi biết rằng Con người ở thế gian có quyền tha tội, thì Ngài phán cùng kẻ bại rằng:
So I [will do something] in order that you may know that [God] has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive sins on earth [as well as to heal people].” Then he said to the paralyzed man,
11 Ta biểu ngươi, hãy đứng dậy, vác giường đi về nhà.
“To you I say, ‘Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad! And then go home!’”
12 Kẻ bại đứng dậy, tức thì vác giường đi ra trước mặt thiên hạ; đến nỗi ai nấy làm lạ, ngợi khen Ðức Chúa Trời, mà rằng: Chúng tôi chưa hề thấy việc thể nầy.
The man stood up immediately! He picked up the sleeping pad, and then he went away, while all the people [there] were watching. They were all amazed, and they praised God and said, “We have never before seen anything like [what happened] just now!”
13 Bấy giờ, Ðức Chúa Jêsus trở lại về phía mé biển; cả dân chúng đến cùng Ngài, rồi Ngài dạy dỗ họ.
Jesus left [Capernaum town again and walked with his disciples] alongside [Galilee] lake. A large crowd came to him. Then he taught them.
14 Ngài vừa đi qua thấy Lê-vi, con A-phê, đương ngồi tại sở thâu thuế, thì phán cùng người rằng: Hãy theo ta. Người đứng dậy theo Ngài.
As he walked on further, he saw a man named Levi, whose other name was Matthew, and whose father’s name was Alpheus. He was sitting in his office where he collected taxes [for the Roman government]. Jesus said to him, “Come with me [and become my disciple]!” So he got up and went with Jesus.
15 Ðức Chúa Jêsus đương ngồi ăn tại nhà Lê-vi, có nhiều kẻ thâu thuế và người có tội đồng bàn với Ngài và môn đồ Ngài; vì trong bọn đó có nhiều kẻ theo Ngài rồi.
[Later], Jesus was eating a meal in Levi’s house. Many men who collected taxes and [other] people who were [considered to be] sinning regularly were eating with Jesus and his disciples. [This was not surprising], for there were many people like this who were going [everywhere] with Jesus.
16 Các thầy thông giáo và người Pha-ri-si thấy Ngài ăn với người thâu thuế và kẻ phạm tội, thì nói với môn đồ Ngài rằng: Người cùng ăn với kẻ thâu thuế và người có tội sao!
The [men who taught the Jewish] laws [who were there] and who were members of the Pharisee [sect] saw that Jesus was eating with men who collected taxes and [others who were considered] {[whom they considered]} [to be] sinners. So they said to his disciples, “(It is disgusting that he eats with [such disgusting] men as those who collect taxes, and with [other] sinners!/Why is it that he eats with [such disgusting] men as those who collect taxes, and with [other] sinners?)” [RHQ]
17 Ðức Chúa Jêsus nghe vậy, bèn phán cùng họ rằng: Chẳng phải kẻ mạnh khỏe cần thầy thuốc đâu, nhưng là kẻ có bịnh; ta chẳng phải đến gọi người công bình, nhưng gọi kẻ có tội.
After Jesus heard [what they were saying], he said to the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, “People who [consider that they] are well do not seek a doctor. On the contrary, it is those who are sick [who seek a doctor] [MET]!” [This he said to indicate that it was those who knew that they had sinned who were coming to him in order that he might help them spiritually]. And he said, “I did not come to invite people [who think that] [IRO] they are righteous [to come to me and turn from their sinful behavior]. On the contrary, I came [from heaven to invite] people who [know that they] are sinners, [in order that they might turn from their sins and come to me].”
18 Vả, môn đồ của Giăng và người Pha-ri-si đều kiêng ăn. Có người đến thưa cùng Ðức Chúa Jêsus rằng: Bởi cớ nào môn đồ của Giăng và môn đồ của người Pha-ri-si đều kiêng ăn, còn môn đồ của thầy không kiêng ăn?
The disciples of John [the Baptizer] and some men who belonged to the Pharisee [sect] used to abstain from food [to show that they wanted to please God]. One day, some people came [to Jesus] and asked him [critically], “The disciples of John and the Pharisees (fast/abstain from food) [from time to time], but your disciples do not. [We think they should abstain from food also. What do you say about that] [RHQ]?”
19 Ðức Chúa Jêsus phán rằng: Bạn hữu của chàng rể có kiêng ăn được trong khi chàng rể còn ở cùng mình chăng? Hễ chàng rể còn ở với họ đến chừng nào, thì họ không thể kiêng ăn được đến chừng nấy.
[Jesus wanted them to understand that it was not appropriate for his disciples to show sorrow by abstaining from food while he was still with them]. So he said to them, “When a man is marrying a woman, his friends will certainly not abstain from food while he is still with them, will they [RHQ]? No. During the time that he is with them, they will not abstain from food [because they are happy together].
20 Song tới kỳ chàng rể phải đem đi khỏi họ, trong ngày đó họ sẽ kiêng ăn.
But some day, he will be taken away {his [enemies] will take him away} from them. Then, in those days, they will abstain from food, [because they will be sad].”
21 Không ai vá miếng nỉ mới vào cái áo cũ; nếu vậy thì miếng nỉ mới chằng rách áo cũ, mà đàng rách càng xấu thêm.
[Jesus wanted to show that those who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like fasting. So he also said to them], “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment [in order to mend a hole]. If they did that, [when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink] and the new [piece of cloth] would tear off more of the old cloth. As a result, the hole would become bigger!
22 Cũng không ai đổ rượu mới vào bầu da cũ; nếu vậy, rượu làm vỡ bầu, rượu mất và bầu cũng chẳng còn.
[Similarly], people do not put newly [squeezed] grape juice into old skin bags [to store it]. If they did that, that juice will burst the skin bags [because they would not stretch when the wine ferments and expands]. As a result both the wine and the skin bags would be ruined! On the contrary, people must put new wine into new skin bags!” [MET]
23 Nhằm ngày Sa-bát, Ðức Chúa Jêsus đi qua đồng lúa mì; đang đi đường, môn đồ Ngài bứt bông lúa mì.
On one (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) Jesus was walking through some grain fields with his disciples. As they were walking along [through the grain fields], the disciples were plucking some of the heads of grain. [They rubbed them in their hands to remove the chaff, and were eating the grain. The laws of Moses permitted people to do that if they were hungry].
24 Các người Pha-ri-si bèn nói cùng Ngài rằng: Coi kìa, sao môn đồ thầy làm điều không nên làm trong ngày Sa-bát?
[Some of] the Pharisees [saw them doing what they considered to be work. So they] said to him, “Look! (They should not be doing on our (Sabbath day/day of rest) [work] that our laws forbid!/Why are they doing on our (Sabbath day/day of rest) [work] that our laws forbid?) [RHQ]”
25 Ngài đáp rằng: Các ngươi chưa đọc đến sự vua Ða-vít làm trong khi vua cùng những người đi theo bị túng đói hay sao?
[Jesus wanted to show them that the record in the Scriptures indicated that God permitted people to disobey certain religious laws when they needed food]. So he said to them, “[It is written in the Scriptures] what [our revered ancestor, King] David, did when he needed food, and both he and the men with him were hungry. You have read about that, but ([you do not think about what it implies./why do you not think about what it implies]?) [RHQ]
26 Thể nào trong đời A-bi-tha làm thầy cả thượng phẩm, vua ấy vào đến Ðức Chúa Trời, ăn bánh bày ra, lại cũng cho những người đi theo ăn nữa, dầu bánh ấy chỉ những thầy tế lễ mới được phép ăn thôi?
During the time Abiathar was high priest, David entered the big tent [where people worshipped] God [and asked for some bread. The high priest gave him some] of the loaves of bread. That bread was the bread he had presented to God. It was permitted in one of Moses’ laws that only the priests could eat that bread! But David ate some of it. Then he also gave some of it to the men who were with him. [But God did not consider that was wrong!]”
27 Ðoạn, Ngài lại phán: Vì loài người mà lập ngày Sa-bát, chớ chẳng phải vì ngày Sa-bát mà dựng nên loài người.
Jesus said to them further, “[God] established (the day of rest/the Sabbath day) [to help] people! He did not create people to [obey rules about] (the Sabbath/the day of rest)!
28 Vậy thì Con người cũng làm chủ ngày Sa-bát.
And [think about this]: I am the one who came from heaven. So I have the authority [to determine what is right for my disciples to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day)!”
